Rhode Island Senate passes bill to faciliate adoption for LGBTQ+ families
The Rhode Island Senate last week voted unanimously to pass S 0121, a bill that will streamline the process for confirmatory adoption and make it more accessible for LGBTQ+ parents to ensure security...
LGBTQ families, advocates call on legislature to pass MA Parentage Act
Despite rain and chilly weather, LGBTQ families, advocates and allies kicked off Pride month on June 1 with the Rally for Massachusetts Families outside the State House, calling on the legislature to...
Rhode Island house and senate pass major LGBTQ parenting legislation
Both Rhode Island's Senate and House passed legislation late last week to update the state's parenting laws for the first time in 40 years, simplifying same-sex couple's and others' path to parenting....
Rhode Island Governor Raimondo signs major equal parentage bill into law
At a State House ceremony on the south lawn, Governor Gina Raimondo signed the Rhode Island Uniform Parentage Act into law on July 21. The legislation updates the state’s parenting laws for...
Parentage Act protections for LGBTQ parents enacted into Bay State law
The new year brings good news from Beacon Hill for LGBTQ parents with the enactment of the Massachusetts Parentage Act, unanimously passed by both the state's house and senate and signed into...
GLAD explains SCOTUS ruling on Catholic Social Services adoption case
Though the US Supreme Court issued an unanimous ruling in favor of a religious organization seeking to discriminate against LGBTQ people hoping to become adoptive parents, the Court left "intact the broader...
Connecticut Parentage Act would bring equity to LGBTQ parents
A bill aimed at updating Connecticut law to recognize both parents of a same-sex couple as the legal parents of their children just passed from the state's judiciary committee to a vote...
SJC rules unmarried lesbian may seek full parental rights
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled in favor of an unmarried lesbian seeking the right to seek full custody of the children she raised from birth to ages four and eight with her former partner,...
Massachusetts Senate unanimously passes Parentage Act, sends bill to gov.
Yesterday, the Massachusetts Senate voted unanimously to pass "An act to ensure legal parentage equality," better known as the Massachusetts Parentage Act, a historic piece of legislation that will protect LGBTQ+ families, and children...
New Hampshire passes law expanding parenting rights for LGBTQ families
New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu signed into law a bill that expands access for adoption, notably for children of LGBTQ parents.
According to GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders...
